Corruption, drugs, instability mar Honduras election

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Hondurans head to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president in a country wracked by corruption and beset by powerful drug-trafficking gangs that have even infiltrated the top ranks of government.

A man takes a rest from searching into garbage at the municipal dump, in the northern outskirts of Tegucigalpa, on November 24, 2021. – Honduras, which will hold general elections on November 28, battered by drug trafficking, political instability, gang violence and hurricanes, has more than half of its population of nearly 10 million people living in poverty.

Zelaya’s wife and former first lady Xiomara Castro, of the leftist LIBRE party, leads in several opinion polls. But many fear the ruling party, represented by Tegucigalpa mayor Nasry Asfura, will not readily give up power. The National Party has led a vicious campaign, portraying Castro as a communist and highlighting her plans to legalize abortion and same-sex marriage — sensitive issues in conservative Honduras.Hernandez won two elections marred by accusations of fraud.

Such a repeat of mass protests would not go down well in Washington. The United States is Honduras’s biggest trade partner and the intended destination of the thousands-strong migration caravans that regularly leave the Central American country.“The US wants to avoid a replay of 2017” and the increased pressure on migration caused by a worsening humanitarian situation, he added.

The third candidate — out of 13 in total — with a realistic hope of winning, Yani Rosenthal of the Liberal Party, has simply promised to give every adult a monthly voucher worth $60 if he wins.

 

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